Peter Kasius

Conservation - Poem by Peter Kasius

Conservation starts on laundry dayAs wet white sheets are pinned awayOn clothesline stretched and tauntTo catch what sunbeams have always broughtThe power to dry and freshen on the lineThe sheets and towels of many kindSocks and shirts free of grayReveal the appeal to man on laundry day, yeaBut is secondary to Conservation'sHigh ideals and lofty goal of preservationAnd forward vision for the restoration of a perfect planet, The natural world before consumption damned itWith an industrial air that palls and killsThe flowering and fertile land, see, see the green and rolling hillsVulnerable to the greed of selfish men with money powerWho humble common men way beyond and far belowThe splendid penthouse atop the corporate tower.